Poultry roost



Jan. 11,1927. 1,613,633

7 J. E. WILSON POULTRY ROOST Filed March 12. 1926 Patented dam. 11, I927.

UNHTED- STATES JOHN E. WILSON, OF MACKSVILLE, KANSAS.

POULTRY ROOST.

Application filed March 12, 1926. Serial No. 94,219.

My present invention pertains to poultry roosts of the kind designed to prevent vermin from annoying poultry; and it has for its object to provide a roost which While simple and inexpensive in construction may be depended upon to prevent lice, mites, and other vermin from reaching poultry perched upon the roost.

My invention also contemplates the provision of a construction of roost which will lend itself to ready and thorough cleaning of a poultry house in which my novel roost construction is disposed.

Other objects and practical advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same'are read in connection with th drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a plan view illustrating the roost construction constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention that I have as yet devised.

Figure 2 is an elevation taken at right angles to Figure 1 and showing a portion of one roost in vertical section.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-section taken through one of the roosts of my invention at an intermediate point in the length thereof.

Figure at is an enlarged fragmentary perspective showing a portion of one of the roosts of my invention.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

In the present and preferred embodiment of my invention I atlix a bracket 1 or brackets 1 to one wall of a chicken house, and to the said brackets 1, I hingedly connect at 2 two roosts designated by 3, and upon the said roost 3, I super-pose roosts 4i, spaced apart and disposed at right angles to the roosts 3 and held against casual lateral movement by straps 5 on the roosts 3, the said straps 5 being attached by screws 6 or other appropriate means to the roosts 3 and being provided with integral upstanding portions 7 which form seats in which the roosts 1 are arranged and held against lateral movement. Manifeitly the said construction while precluding casual movement of the roosts t with respect to the roosts 3, lends itself to ready removal and replacement of the roosts 4; when occasion demands.

The roosts 3 support the roosts f, and the roosts 3 are supported, in turn, by legs 8 hingedly connected at 9 to the roosts 3 and designed to be detachably secured in position at right angles to the roosts 3 and by inclined braces 10 interposed between and separable from blocks 11 and 12 on the roosts 3 and legs 8, respectively. Manifestly when the braces or struts are removed the legs 8, which normally rest on the floor of a chicken house, may be swung toward the roosts 3 so that the said roosts 3 and the parts carried thereby may be swung or folded into a space of small compass at the side of the poultry house so as to render convenient the cleaning of the poultry house. It will also be appreciated in this connection that after cleaning of the poultry house, the roosts 3 and the parts carried thereby may be swung into a horizontal position, and may then be supported in said position by the legs 8, maintained in position by the braces or struts 10 positioned as described and as best shown in Figure 2.

In general the roosts 3 and 4C are identical in construction, and therefore a detailed description of the roosts 3 shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4 will suflice to impart a definite understanding of all of the roosts constructed in accordance with thechief part of my invention. It will be understood from the said figures that the roostcomprises among other'elements a body bar 13 having in its upper side a. longitudinal channel 14, the ends of which channel are closed by blocks 15, said blocks resting flush with the upper side of the body bar 13. It will also be understood that a wick 16 in sheet form is carried by the body bar 13 and that end wicks 17 are also carried by the said body bar 13. The wick 16 has a pendent loop shaped portion 18 disposed in the channel or well 14 which is designed to receive a liquid disinfectant or vermicide, and the said wick also has wing portions 19 which are superposed upon and extend laterally beyond the sides of the body bar 13 for an important purpose hereinafter set forth. The wicks 17 are superposed upon the body bar 13 and the blocks 15 and extend beyondthe ends of the body bar 13 and have portions pendentin the channel or well 14. From the foregoing it follows that the body bar 13 of my novel roost is adequately protected at the sides thereof and also at its ends so that vermin crawling up the sides or crawling up the ends are effectivelyprevented from reaching poultry perched upon the roosts. Again it will be appreciated that the wicks 16 and 17 may be depended upon to prevent vermin. from reaching the feet or feathers of poultry, and this without liability of any of the disinfectant employed being transferred from feathers of the fowls to eggs so as to lessen the market value of the latter.

In addition to the elements named, the roost being describedcomprises a crown ba-r 20 superposed upon thebody bar 13 and blocks and the wings of tliewick- 16 and, connected to the body bar, 13 and the wicln wings through the medium of screws 21 or other appropriate means. 7 Carried by. the said crown bar is a normally closed oil cup 2:2 through which oil, liquid vermicidedor other appropriate agent ,may be supplied to the channel or well 1%. The said cup, 22 .may

be and preferably is carried by v the crown bar 20 and is preferably arranged, for obi-V vious reasons, adjacent to the end of the roost.

It will be apparent fromthe foregoing that the roosts of my invention; are adapted to prevent vermin from reaching ,the top of.

' the roosts at any pointtin thehlen gth ,of the roosts and also at the ends thereofwhich is materially advantageous. It will alsobeappreciated that the pr'ojectingportions of the, wicks enable the fumes from the disinfectant or vermicide to pass .upwardly into the, feathers of. the. fowl and; that when ,the. feathersof the fowl droopl ove'r the wicks vermicidewill be applied, to thefeatliersso that the likelihood of mites lice or ,othenven min reaching fowl -on,,the, roost-s. is reduced to a minimuin Itwillalso be inoticedpthathe wall hinges of ,iny improvement are, 10- v cated at the lower sides of the roosts so that, there is absolutely no pointvat which vermin.

' cant-ravel to the roostsand .particularlythe upper portions 7. thereof in, eiideavoring to reachfowl perched upon the roostswithout coming into contact with the wicks};

Manifestly it is within the purviewof any invention to form, the ,end wicks J17 integral with the wick l6, though'as beforeintimated it is feasible to form theend ,wicks17 sepa-v rately from the wicks ,16 an d have ,depending. portions on said wickslt' and disposed in the, channel or well 14 so thatcapillarytraction a may be depended upon to keep the extended portions of the wicks ,1? as wellas the ,eX- V tended portions O1' ,W l 1'lgS ,Of ,t-h 6 wicksllo saturated with the liquid vermic idev 8111- ployed.

he seats formed by the flanges 7-of the straps 5 may be and preferably arepossessed of resiliency, so that'the body bars of the roosts l may be sprung into and out, of said. seats, and so that theroosts 4 will beyield ingl) held against casual shifting oradis placement.

Inaddi-tion to the practicaladvantages ascribed to my novelroost'construction, it will be appreciated that the said construction as aavhole issimple, and inexpensive in construction and is well adapted to withstandthe usage to which parts employed in poultry houses are ordinarily subjected.

l'have entered into a detailed description of the. construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced ii -the present. and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment I do not desire, however, to be understood as. limiting myself "to the precise construction shown and described, my inventiolrbeing, defined by my appendedclaimswithinthe scopeof which. modifications. in structure. and in arrangement may be. II12t(l8,,Wltl 1011t; departure from my invention.-

Having described my inyention, what I" claimand. desire to secure by Letters-Pan, cut, is

l. Apoultry roost havingawellforithe, receptionof liquid "disinfectant, or vermi; cide and also having a Wick meanswith a ,7 portion disposed in said well and also, with a portion extending laterally beyond the, roost.

2. A poultry roost havinga ,well forthe reception of liquid disinfectant or vermicide and also, having wick, means with poi-.- tions disposed in the well and withother portions extending laterally beyond the. sidesand ends of ;tlie roost. i

3. A poultry roost comprising a body 113V? inga well for the receptionof disinfectant, verinicide or the like, wick means having a portion disposed in said well and also havni g,

portions superposed upon the body and ex 7105 tending laterally beyond the same, anda. crown barrsuperposed upon-.the bodynnd; the wick'means and connected with thebody.

4. A. poultry roost comprising a body having a well for the reception.ofidisinfectant, verinicide orthe like, wick meansdiavinga pprtion disposedin said Well and also having portions superposed upon the body and extending laterally beyond the same, and, aocrown bar superposed upon the,bodyand, the, wick means and, connected, with they body; the said crown bar being equipped with an oil cup in communication with the 1 said well of the body.

5. A poultry roost comprising, a body bar having in its upper side alongitudinal; chan nel for thereception of liquid disinfectant, vermicide or the like, the said channelrbeingj, closed at its ends, wick means disposedim the said channel of the body bar and, having portionssuperposed upon thepbar and ex-f tending laterally beyond the sides v thereof and also extending laterally beyond theends of the bar, a crown bar superposed upon the body bar and the wick means and connected to said body bar, and means through which the channel in the body bar may be supplied with disinfectant, vermicide or the like.

6. In combination, a poultry roost equipped at an intermediate point in its height with laterally extending wick means adapted to be saturated with liqniddisinteetant, verinicide or the like, straps superposed upon said roost and having a seat the sides of which are resilient, and a roost disposed in said seat and maintained thereby in a position at an angle to the first-named roost.

7. A. poultry roost adapted to contain liquid disinfectant, verinieide or the like, and having at an intern'iediate point of its height extended wick portions arranged to be saturated by disinfectant, vermic-ide or the like and adapted to prevent vermin from reaching the top of the roost.

8. A poultry roost adapted to contain liquid disinfectant, vermicide or the like,

and having at an intermediate point of its hei 'ht extended wick portions arranged to be saturated by disinfectant, vermicide 01' the like and adapted to prevent vermin from reacl'iing the top of the roost; the said roost being provided at its top with a seat for another roost and being combined With the latter roost.

In testimony whereof I ail-ix my signature.

JOHN E. XVILSON. 

